Battlefield 4 Multiplayer Causes Computer to Freeze on Start Up

Hi NSileo77 I can try and help you,  

Due to this ... and their computers freeze, mine does so on initial boot up..... I need you to do this first..

When done post back :]

Test your windows for errors
This works in all windows O/S vista Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 windows system file checker :] Copy and past this to note pad and put it on your desktop. As open programs can give you errors when you run this.

...... sfc /scannow ..... ever hear of it if not your going to love this .... it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them. This little tool as well as the event viewer saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved my .... many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :]

For win7 go to start left click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as admin

For win 8.1 right click start bottom left of screen and pick command prompt admin

1 - Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like origin.

2 - Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD

3 - This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/

4 -After its done reboot and do it again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix ... run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...

5- So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop now for now lol, If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow

6 - If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow more then 3x in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format or try repair win 7 :/ But after format or repair and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between them.

If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything and it will also fix errors in the registry :]

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1

7 - When its done reboot

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I do NOT work for EA , I am just a gamer who will try to help another gamer on PC fix BF4 issues. Did I help you @ all? Reward me with a XP if I did. If I solved your question please hit Accept As Solution on my post so others know it worked.

Hi Zorlacc and thanks for trying to help me,

I ran the scan multiple times and every time it said it had no errors

Thats good but strange you lock up at boot up :/

Maybe its something else in settings or its the mantal issue :/ try this if not done...

Run the game as Administrator:
Go to the Origin games folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4) and find Bf4.exe. Right click it and go to PROPERTIES, then COMPATIBILITY and check the box next to RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Do the same with BF4_x86.exe as well.

Run Origin as Administrator:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin and right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and check the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.

Disable Origin in game:
In Origin - Application settings - Origin in Game - disable Origin in game

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Others have said if they uninstall MSI Afterburner issues / crashing is stopped. So if you have this installed remove program and test BF4. Also look at other programs as Fraps is known to make issues as well.

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Origin Cloud Storage turn it off
Origin, settings, General

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I do NOT work for EA , I am just a gamer who will try to help another gamer on PC fix BF4 issues. Did I help you @ all? Reward me with a XP if I did. If I solved your question please hit Accept As Solution on my post so others know it worked.

-I set all of the .exe you listed to be run as administrator

-I turned off Origin in game

-And I don't have any programs like Afterburner or Fraps

Unfortunately the same thing happened. I joined a server, it logged in, I connected, and then while the game was loading the level the ram usage spiked. Both the in use memory and the modified memory, once at 100% my computer once again became unresponsive and I was forced to do a hard shutdown.

Strangely enough though this is a Battlefield 4 Multiplayer problem only. No other game has this issue, including when I run Battlefield 4 Campaign.

Ok this all is worth a shot just to rule it out. But like I said this could just be from mantel :/

Latest version of DirectX see this page

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/confirmation.aspx?id=35

Install Microsoft C++

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=30679

Update your Microsoft .NET framework.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30653

test BF4 if this still fails try this...

BF4 folder in my documents holds game configs and screen shots even if BF4 is installed on different drive. When you uninstall BF4 it does NOT remove this folder. So when you install the game again you can still have the same issues.

1- Go to my Documents and remove BF4 folder place it on your Desktop or trash.
2- Be warned you do have to set up your in game settings again.
3-Repair BF4
4- When done go test your game.

Edit... Also you can try a Beta or different driver for your video card but do a clean install of it 

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I do NOT work for EA , I am just a gamer who will try to help another gamer on PC fix BF4 issues. Did I help you @ all? Reward me with a XP if I did. If I solved your question please hit Accept As Solution on my post so others know it worked.

All my software was up to date and the repairing the game through Origin had no affect.

Should I delete and reinstall the game completely?

No not yet ...I dont have a amd card but I do know mantel is being a pain for alot of ppl on AMD . So I have never tried what is on this page but it may help you. http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/1xftur/npp_memory_leak/

If I give you my steps for a clean install of BF4 one its a pain to do and it may not fix the issue if its mantel  but if you want my steps I can post them.

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I do NOT work for EA , I am just a gamer who will try to help another gamer on PC fix BF4 issues. Did I try and help you @ all? Reward me with a XP. If I solved your question please hit Accept As Solution on my post so others know it worked.

I've had this very same problem. actually almost did a OS repair/install today, after doing what was mentioned above. for me its been RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server. it comes with PresisionX to display an overlay of gpu info. even if there is no overlay displayed, a loading screen is as far as I've gotten. i had forgoten it had been updated since the last time i played Hardline, and turned on. if amd has anything similar, look into that. if anyone using presisionx and RTSS having trouble, try clicking this button for a quick, possible fix. 

 http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa99/colbyseth1/games/hopethishelps_zpsf9b11a4d.jpg

This goes for Titanfall too. Would not run with RTSS on. Hope that helps.

That program might fix people who are crashing in between maps but since, what I think is a memory leak, occurs during the initial loading proccess it would just terminate the game before I even loaded the map.